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Sunset Glow

Official Boat Count = 12

November 7th 2006
Today we took a ferry out to Suomenlinna, a sea fortress built in 1748 just outside of Helsinki. Over the years, it has been under control of the Swedish, Russians, and Finnish. The visitor's center has a great history museum. Check out J's spectacular photos of the sunset (remember, the sun set at 4:07 PM!). ... read more
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Finnish Flag Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more
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CM and J
CM and J
CM and J
In 2008, 2009 and 2010, we travelled mostly in the Caribbean, US, Canada and Hawaii. We were just too busy to post travelblogs, and Facebook has been easier to post pictures to, although not as good as this site. Hopefully we'll get back to posting our world travels to this site! We've returned from our Fall 2007 trip to Europe, visiting Switzerland, Côte d'Azur, and Italy. We've returned from our 2007 trip to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. As usual, we haven't completed all the posts, but will work on finishing them up. We've returned from our 2006-2007 four month around the world t... full info
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